Featured Winifred Hamilton: shining a light on Houston’s environment-related health issues (Vicki Wolf – CLEAN, 07/27/2012) Winifred Hamilton has taken many steps to educate others about the correlation between health and the environment. Houston is a large city with a larger industrial component than most cities, and development is continuing without adequately looking at the short-term and long-term health effects….
Featured Changing the plans – America’s oil capital is throwing up a few environmental surprises (The Economist, 07/14/2012) Houston has come a long way in a few years, transforming slowly into a more environmentally-conscious city. More than half the cars in the official city fleet are hybrid or electric; a bike-sharing program began in May; and about a third of…
Featured The drought is over and now is increasingly unlikely to return this summer (Eric Berger – Houston Chronicle, 07/11/2012) The drought in Houston has ended, and has now been experiencing very heavy rainfall. Some of the lakes and aquifers are still thirsty but are seeing continued recovery. Lake Conroe, for example, is within a couple of feet of its…